Photos: Early voting begins in Georgia for general election

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Photos: Early voting begins in Georgia for general election

The Georgia general election began a 3-week early voting period Monday ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Long lines were reported across metro Atlanta, not surprising for the first day. AJC journalists are watching reports from from early voting locations across metro Atlanta and providing photos and updates. Early voting ends on Friday, Oct. 30.

A line is formed before dawn as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

Voters wait in line at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Oct. 12, 2020. JOHN SPINK / JOHN.SPINK@AJC.COM

201012-Decatur-Sharon Buie, of Decatur, waits near the front of the early voting line just before it opened at 7AM Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Buie arrieved at 5:30AM and was fifth in line. When asked why she arrived so early on the first day of early voting, she replied, “John Lewis!” Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A line to vote snakes around the parking lot as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

Gloria and Raymond Nolan talk while in line to vote as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. The Nolan’s had been standing in the line which snaked through the parking lot for an hour arriving in the dark. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

A line snakes around the parking lot as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

Poll worker Joan Edgar shouts instructions to voters in a long line that snakes around the parking lot during the first day of early voting on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

201012-Decatur-People wait in line to vote inside the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur on Monday morning October 12, 2020 an hour after the polling place opened. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Hundreds of people waiting to vote form a line snaking out of the parking of the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur on Monday morning October 12, 2020 an hour after the polling place opened. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Hundreds of people waiting to vote line Northern Avenue as they spill out from the parking of the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur on Monday morning October 12, 2020 an hour after the polling place opened. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Hazel Starks, of Decatur, poses for a photo while waiting in line with hundreds of other people to vote early at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur on Monday morning October 12, 2020 an hour after the polling place opened. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Hundreds of people waiting to vote line Northern Avenue as they spill out from the parking of the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur on Monday morning October 12, 2020 an hour after the polling place opened. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Janet Andrews, of Decatur, makes her selections during early voting Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Andrews said she wanted to vote in person to make sure the changes she wanted would happen. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-A box of stickers sits inside the early polling station Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Voters make their selections as early voting starts Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Sherry Way, of Lithonia, scans her ballot as she finishes early voting Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-Reginald Johnson studies the voting machine while early voting Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur-A group of women share the light from their phones as they fill out pre-registration forms while in live for early voting just before it opened at 7AM Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur- Denise Hasbune, of Stone Mountain, left, uses her phone to help Donna Woods, also of Stone Mountain, fill out a pre-registration form while waiting in line to vote Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. They both arrived before 6AM. Several hundred people were in line when early voting started at 7AM. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Decatur- Denise and Bill Hasbune, of Stone Mountain, fill out a pre-registration form while waiting in line to vote Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. The Hasbunes arrived before 6AM because they said they wanted to be sure to exercise their right to vote and didn’t want to take a chance of missing the opportunity. Several hundred people were in line when early voting started at 7AM. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The line was long before voting began Monday at the precinct on Sandy Plains Road in East Cobb. The line wrapped around the building, and the parking lot was filling quickly. (Shaddi Abusaid / AJC)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Grant Park resident Annie Jackson (seen in the reflection) moves ahead in line as she others wait to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia -A long line is formed as citizens wait to cast their ballot during the first day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Midtown resident Sabre Esler reads a book while standing in line with other Fulton County residents as they wait to cast their ballot during the first day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - A special edition voting sticker featuring a rendering the High Museum of Art is shown by a voter at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - A long line is formed as citizens wait to cast their ballot during the first day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Sisters Teresa Jones (left) and Cynthia Jones (right) take a selfie after casting their vote at the High Museum of Art during early voting in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. The sisters have never voted before but found time to stand in line to cast their ballots since they recently moved into the same condominium building. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

10/12/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia -A long line is formed as citizens wait to cast their ballot during the first day of early voting at the High Museum of Art in AtlantaÕs Midtown community, Monday, October 12, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

201012-Atlanta-Derek McKay, left, with Fulton County’s IT department, and poll worker Nicolas Northern work to resolve a problem at one of Fulton County’s two mobile voting stations, which was at the parking lot of Morningside Baptist Church on Monday morning October 12, 2020 for the first day of early voting. The polling place was set to open at 8AM, but by 10AM they had only been able to process one voter due to technology issues. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Atlanta-One of Fulton County’s two mobile voting stations sits in the parking lot of Morningside Baptist Church on Monday morning October 12, 2020 for the first day of early voting. The polling place was set to open at 8AM, but by 10AM they had only been able to process one voter due to technology issues. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Atlanta-One of Fulton County’s two mobile voting stations sits in the parking lot of Morningside Baptist Church on Monday morning October 12, 2020 for the first day of early voting. The polling place was set to open at 8AM, but by 10AM they had only been able to process one voter due to technology issues. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices for the first day of early voting Monday Morning, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices for the first day of early voting Monday Morning, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices for the first day of early voting Monday Morning, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices for the first day of early voting Monday Morning, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Gail Watson cast her vote at a Cobb County polling center on Whitlock Ave in Marietta, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration offices for the first day of early voting Monday Morning, October 12, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

201012-Atlanta-Voters line up for early voting at a Fulton County mobile voting station Monday morning October 12, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Southwest Atlanta. Monday was the first day of early voting, and the first time the county’s new mobile voting stations were used. . Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Atlanta-Voters line up for early voting at a Fulton County mobile voting station Monday morning October 12, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Southwest Atlanta. Monday was the first day of early voting, and the first time the county’s new mobile voting stations were used. . Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

201012-Atlanta-Voters line up for early voting at a Fulton County mobile voting station Monday morning October 12, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Southwest Atlanta. Monday was the first day of early voting, and the first time the county’s new mobile voting stations were used. . Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Robert Jones points to the ballot box as his wife Shelba pushes his wheelchair after they made their voting selections as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the George Pierce Park in Suwanee, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

A woman who prefers to stay unidentified stands near the back of a voting line with others that has an estimated 3 hour wait, as the first day of early voting is shown underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the George Pierce Park in Suwanee, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

Voters brave the rain and a three hour wait line as the first day of early voting is shown underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at George Pierce Park in Suwanee, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

University of Georgia student Courtney Wetzel, from left, participates in a Zoom online class as and her friend Ashley Lee, wait with others in a line to vote that has an estomated 3 hour wait and as the first day of early voting is shown underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the George Pierce Park in Suwanee, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Big Marquee billboard fanfare greeter voters on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com).

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Rosemary Blankson keeps busy on her phone as she waited to vote on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Big Marquee billboard fanfare greeter voters on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce was a poll volunteer on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Ashley Nealy makes her way past the statue of Dominique Wilkins as she waited to vote on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

October 12, 2020 Atlanta: Voters waited to vote on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta. Eager Georgia voters swarmed to polling places Monday morning, waiting in lines created by high turnout and technical problems at the start of three weeks of early voting before Election Day. A glitch with voter check-in computers held up voters at Georgia’s largest early voting site at State Farm Arena. Lines stopped after voters received an “invalid card” error when inserting green voter access cards into touchscreens. Poll workers had to reboot the arena’s 60 voter check-in tablets and re-import voter information, said Fulton Elections Director Richard Barron. “We apologize to all the voters,” Barron said. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Shirley Connelly stands in line to vote as the first day of early voting is shown underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Gwinnett County Faigrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

The first day of early voting is shown well underway with these voters standing in line on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

Zaara Azam of Grayson kneels to fill out her application for advance in person voting as the first day of early voting is shown well underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

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A line is formed before dawn as the first day of early voting gets underway on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the Mountain Park Activity Building in Stone Mountain. JOHN AMIS FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION

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